Wearing-apparel



Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

'INVENTOR 63244 4 #761974 5* --n ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT orrics.

FRANK WIBERLEY, 'OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR "10 BABTHELS MANUFAC-TURING COMPANY, OF GLENDALE, YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WEARING-APPAREL.

To a]? whom 2'! may cancer-1i Be it known that I, FRANK VIBERLEY, acitizen of the l nited States and a resident of Jamaica. in the countyof Queens and State of Xew York. have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in earing- Apparel, of which the following is aspecification. 1

The invention pertains more particularly to soft turn-down collars andto-the combination therewith of novel button-hole tapes or loops forengagement with the usual collar-button which receives the customarybutton-holes provided in the projecting end portions of the inner foldor neckband of the collar.

It is well known that turn-down collars have had secured to adjacent endportions of their outer fold, certain button-holed tabs to engage theusual collar-button for retaining said portions in desirable positionduring the use of the collar and employed as a substitute for links andother devices made use of to accomplish the same purpose.

My invention serves to dispense with the aforesaid button-holed tabs andlinks and the expense and inconvenience incident to their employment.and provides the collar with novel button-hole tapes or loops which maybe produced and applied at small expense and which arereadily adaptedwhen placing the collar on the neck-band of a shirt. to collar-buttonsvarying in size and position.

The button-hole tapes or loops of my invention are each in one integralpiece of woven tape f lded over upon itself and comprising two thin flatend portions and an intermediate portion. constituting the loop proper.which is round or circular in cross-section and very much. less in widththan said fiat end portions into which the ends of said intermediatecord-like portion merge. tape are utilized as means whereby thefolded-over tape may be conveniently'sewed to the outer fold of thecollar and not leave an unsightlyprojection or thickness, and theintermediate circular portion of the tape serves as a button-hole toengage the collarbutton. The button-hole tape'of my invention is verystrong and durable and the loop thereof not only dispenses with theworking of button-holes but is elongated and flexible and may be bent upor down to Specification of Letters Patent.

The two flat ends of the reach the collar-button in accordance with theposition of the same.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented. reference being had to the accompanying drawings.in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a turndown collar embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation. on a larger scale, of one broken-away endportion of the same, the outer fold of the collar being shown as turnedupwardly to expose the button-hole tape secured thereto;

Fig. 3 is a corresponding View illustrating a desirable method ofapplying the button-hole tape to the collar;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the strip of tape which when folded producesthe buttonhole tape of my invention, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the strip of tape as folded overbut without the thin flat end portions thereof as having been placedagainst each other.

In thedrawings. 1O designates the neck-.

band and 11 the outer turned down fold of a collar which except for thepresence of my invention. may be regarded as of usual formation. Theneck-band 10 has in its projecting end portions the usual button-holes12 to engage a collar-button. not shown, and said band may. if desired,also be provided with a concealed button 13 and an upper button-hole 11to engage the same.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application filed June 28, 1919. Serial No. 307,368.

To the end portions of the outer fold 11 v are secured. preferably bysewing, the but-- ton-hole tapes 15. each .of which comprises, inoneintegral piece, two thin flat end portions 16 and an intermediate loopportion 17 which is circular in cross-section and serves as abutton-hole to engage the collaredges of the fold 11 and register asnearly as required with the button-holes 12 in the band 10, as shown inFig. 1, and the flat end portions 16 of said tapes are concealed at theinner side of said fold 11 and sewed to the inner ply thereof or to thelining of said fold 11, if said fold has a lining, if desired. I maysuperimpose the fiat ends 16 of the button-hole tapes and secure both ofsaid ends by the same line or lines of sewing to the inner ply of thefold 11, and said fiat ends may be, secured to said inner ply on itsexposed face, as shown in Fig. 2, or they lar and improve the collar.

abrasive action as might tend to detach them may besecured betweeii the,plies of said told 11, as shown in 3, in which event the loop 17 will beprojected through an eyelet-hole 18 formed in the inner ply of the outertold 11. 'henthe button-hole tapes are secured in the manner shown inFig. 2 they may-readily be renewed, if necessary, by an inexperiencedperson, and when said tapes are secured in accordance with the methodindicated in Fig. 3, the flat ends 16 become concealed and protectedagainst such from the collar.

The button-hole tapes 15 are produced by weaving strong threads togetherto produce both the thin flat ends 16-having selvage side edges andtheroundor cord like reduced intermediate portion'17,and hence said tapesand the button-holes or loops In the use of the collar, the button-holes12 will first be applied on the collar-button, as usual, and thenpreferably'after the scarf has been positioned, the loops 1-7 will beapplied on the same collar-button; the'tapes my button-hole tapesconstructed and prothen serving to control the end portions of the outerfold of the collar. p r

I regard the collar hereinbefore described equipped with my newbutton-hole tapes, as a new article of manufacture; and I regard ducedas described, as novel in themselves.

What I claim as m invention and desire to secure by Lettersatent, isv 1. A soft turn-down collar having in its neck-band portionbutton-holes to engage a collar button and having secured to its outerfold button-hole tapesaflording loops substantially in register withsaid button-holes and to engage said collar button, said buttonholetapes each beirflig in one integral woven piece having thin at ends anda reduced intermedlate cord-like part very much less 7 loop servin tionsin width than said end portions and at its collar button and havingsecured to its outer fold button-hole tapes aifording lo'opssubstantially in register with said button-holes 'andto engage saidcollar button, said buttonhole tapes each being in one integral wovenpiece having thin fiat ends and a reduced intermediate part which iscircular in crosssectionand very much less in width than said flat endportions and at its ends merges into said end portions, and whichintermediate part provides the loop to engage the collar-button.

H 3. A soft turn-down collar having in its neck-band portionbutton-holes to engage a collar button and having secured to its outerfold button-hole tapes afi'ording loops, substantially in register withsaid button-holes and to engage said collar button, said buttonholetapes each being in one integral woven piece'having thin flat ends and areduced intermediate part afiording the loop to engage the collar-buttonand which intermediate part is of cord-like formationand -very much lessin width than said flat end portions. and at its ends merges into saidflat portions, and said fiat ends being concealed between the plies ofsaid outer fold and the inner ply of said outer fold having a hole throuh which said loop extends.

'4. n combination with an article of apparel, a button-hole tape sewedthereto toengagea button, said tape being in one integral woven piecehaving thin flat ends to receive sewing-stitches and a reducedintermediate projecting part which is substantially round incross-section and afiords a asa button-hole to engage a button, saiintermediate part being very much less in width than said flat endporand at its ends merging into'said portions.' a

Signed at Jamaica in the county of Queens, and State of lTew York, this24th day of June, A. D. 1919.

v FRANK WIBERLEY. Witnesses: I i

. HERMAN W'oLFr,

